Senior Palo Alto Engineer

Optiv

Senior Palo Alto Engineer managing and maintaining security systems in a 24x7x365 Security Operations Center. Collaborating with teams to deliver sophisticated security solutions to clients across industries.

Posted 7/16/2026full-timeRemote • Kansas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Information Security with hands-on experience in Palo Alto technologies, including Prisma Access and Prisma Cloud. Proven ability to lead complex projects, mentor junior engineers, and provide effective customer-facing consulting.

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PCNSE CertificationPalo Alto ImplementationAWS Cloud ExperienceInformation Security ExperienceCustomer Facing Consulting

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Hard Skills

Palo AltoPrisma AccessPrisma CloudAWSAzureGCPBug-Related EngineeringUser Acceptance TestingWorkflow ConfigurationCustom Rule Development

Soft Skills

Effective Team CommunicatorMentoring Junior Colleagues

Tools & Technologies

Connector ConfigurationThird-Party System IntegrationRunbooksProcedural Documentation

Certifications & Qualifications

PCNSE Certification

Industry Keywords

Information SecurityCyber ImplementationConsultingVendor CertificationProfessional Associations

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoogle Cloud Platform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Able to solo deliver or act as "point" for complex projects/requests.
Acts as technical escalation point to assist junior engineers.
Lead in capacity planning and HW specification recommendation efforts.
Lead in all deployment and management activities, connector configuration, custom rule development, workflow configuration and development, and third-party system integration.
Lead User Acceptance Testing and bug-related engineering efforts.
Provide knowledge transfer and post production support activities as necessary.
Effective team communicator.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional associations such as ISSA.
Obtain and maintain top tier vendor certification and accreditation.
Complete administrative project tasks like time and expense entry, status reporting, and project completion reporting.
Acts as contributor in Optiv communities for solutions of focus.
Develop and maintain runbooks/procedural documentation.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A current PCNSE certification is required for this role.
Hands-on experience implementing Palo Alto, including Prisma Access, Prisma Cloud and optionally Prisma Cortex.
Hands on experience with cloud providers specifically AWS, Azure and optionally GCP.
Minimum four (3) years of hands-on experience with Palo Alto.
Minimum six (5) years of professional Information Security experience in a consulting, vendor or enterprise-level role.
InfoSec/Cyber implementation/practical experience.
Fully qualified/certified on 1 or more technologies.
Experience in a customer facing/consulting capacity.
Demonstrated ability to lead junior colleagues.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Work/life balance
Professional training resources
Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)